New Era in Planetary Science

Astronomers from NASA said Tuesday that NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has for the first time ever captured the light from two known Jupiter-like planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. This extraordinary, spectacular achievement mark the beginning of a new age of planetary science, in which "extrasolar" planets can be directly measured and compared.

If you want to include this story in your blog, copy and paste this formatted text:

<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news3475.html">New Era in Planetary Science</a></p> <p> Astronomers from NASA said Tuesday that NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has for the first time ever captured the light from two known Jupiter-like planets orbiting stars other than our <a class="directory" href="http://www.physorg.com/search/Sun">Sun</a>. This extraordinary, spectacular achievement mark the beginning of a new age of planetary science, in which "extrasolar" planets can be directly measured and compared.</p>